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2. Did the end of slavery mean that blacks and whites were
treated equally?
3. Do you know the meaning of segregation?
4. Why do you think Martin Luther King Jr. was able to
persuade people that things had to change in the United
States?
COMPREHENSION
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B. Practice asking and answering the following questions with your partner. Then write the answers in complete sentences.
1. What did Dr. King learn from the Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi?
2. What did King want to change in the United States?
3. In what ways did people try to stop Kings work?
4. How did King inspire people to work for change? (Name two things King did.)
5. What was Dr. Kings most famous speech called?
6. What kind of books did he write?
7. What prize did he receive for his hard work?
8. When and how did Martin Luther King Jr. die?
VOCABULARY REVIEW
Choose the word(s) with the closest meaning to the underlined words in the
following sentences.
DISCUSS
1. Have you ever heard Dr. Kings
b) studied
c) fought
b) doing nothing
b) law
c) education
4. In the 1950s in the US, black people were segregated from white people.
a) hurt
b) together
c) separated
b) force
c) march
b) encouraged
b) shoot
b) bravery
c) education
c) trained
7. Kings home was bombed and someone once tried to stab him.
a) explosion
words.
b) treatment
c) church
b) music concerts
c) demonstration walks
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ANSWER KEY
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students learn about Martin Luther King Jr. They read about his life, answer
comprehension questions, review vocabulary, and discuss topics such as his famous speech and nonviolent protests.
Please note: The reading for this topic is also available in full-page format at the end of the lesson (page 4).
PRE-READING WAMR-UP QUESTIONS
1. Slavery ended in the United States in 1865, after the American Civil War.
2. No, it did not.
3. Segregation refers to the separation of one group from another. In the United States, for many years, blacks were not
allowed to go to the same schools as whites, eat in the same restaurants, sit together on buses, etc.
4. Individual answer.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
A. True or False
1. True. 2. True. 3. False. King promoted nonviolence.
in the 1950s. 5. True.
B. Written Answers
1. King learned about nonviolent protest from Mahatma Gandhi.
2. King wanted to end the unfair treatment of blacks in the United States.
3. His home and his church were bombed, he was put in jail many times, he was stabbed, and eventually he was shot and
killed.
4. King inspired people with his speeches, his protest marches, and his books.
5. Dr. Kings most famous speech was called I Have a Dream.
6. King wrote books about black peoples struggle for the same rights as white people.
7. King received the Nobel Peace Prize.
8. King was shot and killed on April 4th, 1968.
VOCABULARY REVIEW
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. c
5. a
6. b
7. c
8. b
9. a
10. c
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Individual answers.
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